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I am the Soul else know about devotion? That is ego. And that ego does not let the true devotion arise. That is why the disciple has shown here his total 'poverty'. In his poverty he has accepted to become the slave of the Sadguru.
Until here in Atmasiddhi Shastra, the joyful expressions of the disciple after the dialogue between the Guru and disciple were stated. Now in the following gathas Srimadji makes the epilogue and gives us some advice, which needs to be absorbed. What that is will be unravelled as we proceed further ...
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